Square Foot Garden Update

February 19, 2006

Replanted the Brussels Sprouts. They had gotten “leggy,” sort of tall, spindly, and then fell down. In surfing around to try and figure out what happened, it appears this comes from either not enough light or too much fertilizer. I’m thinking it was the fertilizer, so cleaned out the cups, replaced with about an 80/20 mixture of top soil and vermiculite, and replanted.

Also planted several lettuces (Grand Rapids, Black Seeded Simpson, Salad Bowl, Paris Island Cos (Romaine), and a Mesclun mixture), bell pepper, banana pepper, hot lemon pepper, cayenne pepper, and broccoli. Planted all in 80/20 mixture of top soil and vermiculite. Watered all for about five – six hours; I wanted to make sure enough seeped up to get the seeds good and wet. Sometime prior to their emerging, I’ve got to get some more lights to keep a light over each row of cups, and I won’t fertilize until the second leaves form – and then I’ll cut it in half.

All the planting was in the Meth Lab and not in the SFG proper. I planted: